Textual Variations
Mikhail SkoptsovSubscribe to learn why so many movies exist in multiple versions, and what this means for film history and culture. Also, some quality criticism.
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On TWBA, Yuki's Revenge and One-Film Supercuts of Two-Part Movies
I’ve finally seen Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (TWBA) a recut of the two-volume Tarantino epic that I’ve been waiting for over 20 years, and that got me thinking a little about two-part movies and the potential for one-film supercuts....
Whole Bloody Affair Adds Big O-Ren Ishii Duel to 'Kill Bill'
Though often billed as the “4th film by Quentin Tarantino,” Kill Bill (2003-2004) actually came out theatrically in two “volumes,” a division necessitated by the fact that the picture grew way too long for a traditional release. A big fan o...
T.V. Digest #23 Reveals the Paid Tier
This is the 23rd issue of what used to be an ongoing monthly-ish series that I like to call Mikhail’s Textual Variations Digest, aka MTVD, for short. It includes links to my recent posts, as well as some additional related thoughts and note...
Do we as viewers become more sensitive to screen violence over time?
I recently tried to do the Substack Chat thing and it didn’t quite work out, despite my best efforts. Honestly, I’ve never really liked Chat that much (except the dms) and think Substack made a mistake abolishing the good old-fashioned disc...
Servant Review Index
This is a custom navigation page for my reviews of the Apple TV+ Original television series Servant (2019-2023). It was created in response to Substack changing its interface in a way that undermined my use of graded images for episodic rev...
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Graduated from Brown University. Critic and scholar of film, television, and new media. Author of https://textualvariations.substack.com/
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